The USA Disaster Situation Report
The Daily USA Disaster Situation Report
For January 26, 2001
Christopher Effgen, Editor, host{at}disastercenter.com
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IN THIS ISSUE
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=> USA Daily Temperature Extremes
=> Special Notes
=> Current Active National Weather Service Warnings:
=> Severe Weather Probability Forecast
=> Precipitation Forecast, Excessive Rainfall, Heavy Snow And/Or Significant
Icing Forecast
=> USA Flood Report
=> USA Fire Report and Forecast
=> USA Earthquake Report
=> Yesterday's USA Severe Weather Reports
=> Guest Column-
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=> Article OCHA Situation Report No. 1 India - Earthquake 26 January 2001
=> Article Amarillo Area Selected for FEMA's CHER-CAP Program
=> Article Task Force Spearheads El Salvadoran Relief
=> Article The U.S. Fire Administration has received notice of the
following firefighter
fatality:
=> Article Heat Up Your Indoor Fitness Program During Cold Winter Months
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The Daily USA Disaster Situation Report
For January 26, 2001
Christopher Effgen, Editor, host{at}disastercenter.com
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=> USA Daily Temperature Extremes
National Temperature Extremes
High Thu...74 At Mcallen TX
Low Fri...11 Below Zero At Whitefield NH And Presque Isle ME
=> Special Notes
=> Current Active National Weather Service Warnings:
Active Warnings:
Updated Fri Jan 26 11:29:05 2001
Flood
Louisiana
FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE CALCASIEU RIVER NEAR OBERLIN...
Non Precipitation
Arkansas
.STRONG COUNTER-CLOCKWISE CIRCULATION AROUND A STORM SYSTEM IN
IOWA WAS BRINGING GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS INTO NORTHERN
ARKANSAS THIS MORNING.
LAKE WIND ADVISORY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON IN NORTHERN
ARKANSAS...
Iowa
WIND ADVISORY FOR EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA THROUGH
AFTERNOON...
Kansas
STRONG WINDS WILL OCCUR ACROSS RED WILLOW COUNTY TODAY
Minnesota
STRONG HIGH PRESSURE IN MONTANA. WINDS
SHOULD REACH 25 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR...WITH SOME GUSTS TO OVER 45 MILES
AN HOUR ACROSS THE LOWER MISSOURI VALLEY
Nebraska
WIND ADVISORY FOR EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA THROUGH
AFTERNOON...
South Dakota
WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...
Winter Storm
Arizona
A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN AFFECT FOR JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK
IN NORTH CENTRAL RIVERSIDE COUNTY THROUGH TONIGHT...
California
Snow advisories are in effect this morning for northwest, central west and
southwest California.
Winter Storm / Snow warnings are in effect for central western California.
And a Snow storn watch over a portion of south Central California.
Iowa
Nebraska
Minnesota
THE STRONG WINDS WILL BLOW AROUND THE SNOW THAT
HAD FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA LAST NIGHT. THIS WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD
BLOWING SNOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA...SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.
Indiana
THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS SNOW AND THEN CHANGE OVER
TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN NEAR AND ALONG THE OHIO RIVER.
Kentucky
WINTER WEATHER ENCROACHING ON EASTERN INDIANA...WESTERN AND
SOUTHERN OHIO...AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY...
Michigan
...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW FOR WEST AND NORTH CENTRAL UPPER
MICHIGAN...
New Mexico
WINTER STORM WATCH SATURDAY FOR THE SOUTH WESTERN AND SOUTH
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF NEW MEXICO...
Nevada
SNOW INCREASING EASTWARD ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN NEVADA AND EASTERN
CALIFORNIA.
SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON-
...A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND SATURDAY ABOVE 4500
FEET...
Ohio
WINTER WEATHER ENCROACHING ON EASTERN INDIANA...WESTERN AND
SOUTHERN OHIO...AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY...
THE SNOW WILL LIKELY CHANGE
TO FREEZING RAIN BY THIS EVENING WITH SOME ICE ACCUMULATION
POSSIBLE.
South Dakota
STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
THROUGH THE DAY.
Wisconsin
ASHLAND WI-BAYFIELD WI-IRON WI-
...LAKE SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT TODAY AND THIS EVENING
=> Severe Weather Probability Forecast
The forecast probability of an event is by the stated percentage or greater
for the event, within 25 miles of any point for the area described.
Tornado Risk - Slight
There is a 2% probability of a tornado over coastal areas of southwest
California.
Hail Risk - Slight
There is a 5% probability of hail 3/4 inch or larger over the coastal areas
surrounding Los Angeles
California
Wind Risk - Slight
There is less than a 5% probability of winds in excess of 50 knots.
Tomorrow's Risk -
There is less than a 5% probability of any severe weather tomorrow.
=> Precipitation Forecast, Excessive Rainfall, Heavy Snow And/Or
Significant
Icing Forecast
Precipitation Forecast
The 24 hour precipitation forecast is calling for over 1 inch of
precipitation over a small band of
south central California.
The 24 - 48 hour precipitation forecast is calling for less than 1 inch of
precipitation.
Excessive Rainfall Forecast
Rainfall is not expected to exceed flash flood values.
USA heavy snow and/or significant icing
>From noon to midnight today EST the probability of 4 inches or greater of
snow is low over the
northwest portion of Michigan's northern peninsula.
>From noon to midnight today EST the probability of 12 inches or greater of
snow is low over a small
portion of central south California.
The probability of 1/4 inch or greater of ice accumulation is less than 20%
>From midnight to noon tomorrow EST the probability of 4 inches or greater of
snow is low over
west central New Mexico
The moderate probability area is over a small portion of west central New
Mexico.
>From midnight to noon tomorrow EST the probability of 12 inches or greater
of snow is low over a
small portion of central Arizona.
The probability of 1/4 inch or greater of ice accumulation is less than 20%
Current USA Snow and Ice Cover
http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/surface/us_NESDISsnow.gif
=> USA Flood Report
NATIONAL HYDROLOGIC SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS
0732 AM EST FRI JAN 26 2001
CORRECTION
FLOOD SUMMARY
RESIDUAL FLOODING IN THE SOUTH
LOCATIONS ALONG ALMOST 20 RIVERS IN TEXAS, ARKANSAS, LOUISIANA,
MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. EXTENSIVE
LOWLAND FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG THE BIG BLACK RIVER IN THE
VICINITY OF BENTONIA AND BOVINA, MISSISSIPPI.
FOCUS OF CONCERN SHIFTS TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
FLASH FLOODING: URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN
ISSUED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES (ALPHABETICALLY BY STATE):
CALIFORNIA: ALAMEDA, CONTRA COSTA, MARIN, MONTEREY, NAPA, SAN
BENITO, SANTA CLARA, SANTA CRUZ, SANF FRANCISCO, SAN METEO AND
SONOMA
RIVER FLOODING:
RIVERS AND STREAMS WITH LOCATIONS EITHER ABOVE FLOOD STAGE OR
EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE INCLUDE (ALPHABETICALLY BY
STATE):
ALABAMA: TOMBIGBEE RIVER
ARKANSAS: CACHE AND OUACHITA RIVERS
LOUISIANA: THE CALCASIEU, LITTLE, PEARL AND SABINE RIVERS,
BAYOU DORCHEAT, RED CHUTE BAYOU, WALLACE LAKE AND
LAKE BISTANEAU
MISSISSIPPI: BOEUF, BIG BLACK, PEARL AND YOKANOOKANY RIVERS
TEXAS: ANGELINA, SABINE AND SULPHUR RIVERS; BLACK CYPRESS
AND PINE ISLAND BAYOUS
=> USA Fire Report and Forecast
The USA Fire Report and Forecast has not been updated.
=> USA Earthquake Report
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
NATIONAL EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION CENTER
GOLDEN, COLORADO
LISTS OF U.S. EARTHQUAKES IN THE LAST 30 HOURS
EARTHQUAKES IN STATE OF ALASKA
Date Time (UTC) Lat Long Depth Magnitude
2001 JAN 25 02:51:50.17 55.7 N 156.6 W 33 km 4.2
85 miles ESE of Chignik, Alaska
2001 JAN 25 05:29:36.97 60.3 N 152.7 W 96 km 5.2
50 miles WSW of Kenai, Alaska
Prepared by USGS/NEIC 2001 JAN 26 at 00:15 UTC
01/01/25 05:29:36.97 SOUTHERN ALASKA Epicenter: 60.332 -152.667 MAG. 5.6
=> Yesterday's USA Severe Weather Reports
Note: All data is considered preliminary
Tornado Reports
No reports received
Hail Reports
No reports received
Wind Reports
Time Speed Location County State Lat Lon Comments
2230 UNK PACIFICA SAN MATEO CA 3763 12244 12 INCH DIAMETER TREE
BRANCH DOWN (SPC)
0030 UNK DAVENPORT SANTA CRUZ CA 3701 12219 TREE BRANCHES DOWN
(SPC)
Fields marked UNK are unknown
All Times UTC
Wind Gusts in MPH
Hail Sizes in 1/100 of an Inch (75 = 0.75")
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=> OCHA Situation Report No. 1 India - Earthquake 26 January 2001
Situation and Damages
1. On 26 January 2001 several strong earthquakes struck the Indian state of
Gujarat at the border
to Pakistan. According to the United States Geological Survey, the strongest
of the series, measuring
7.9 on the Mercalli scale, occurred at 03.16 hrs GMT, or 08.46 hrs local
time. The epicentre is
located about 50 kilometres north-east of Bhuj city, at a latitude of 23.4
degrees north and a
longitude 70.3 degrees east.
2. According to media reports the tremor lasted for about two minutes and
its repercussions were
also felt in Delhi, Bombay, Jaipur and Chennai, as well as in the
neighboring state of Pakistan. The
area is sparsely populated, however, initial accounts indicate that the
earthquake caused serious
damage in the Ahmadabad, the capital of Gujarat. At least 140 people have
been killed and the
death toll is expected to rise significantly, since the search for bodies
and people trapped in the
rubble of ruined buildings has only begun.
3. The Government of India has activated the Disaster Management Control
Room at the Ministry
of Agriculture to coordinate national relief efforts.
So far no request for international assistance has been received by OCHA.
Today is a public holiday
in India.
4. OCHA has put the United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination
Team on alert.
5. OCHA is in close contact with the Office of the UN Resident
Coordinator in New Delhi which receives information from the relevant
governmental authorities. UNICEF has a field office in Ahmadabad, but so far
no communication
could be established.
6. This situation report, together with further information on ongoing
emergencies, is also available
on the OCHA Internet Website at
http://www.reliefweb.int
=> Amarillo Area Selected for FEMA's CHER-CAP Program
Denton, TX January 25, 2001 -- The City of Amarillo, along with Potter and
Randall Counties, has
been selected to participate in a FEMA program to improve the community's
emergency response
procedures. Fire, law enforcement, and medical service responders will spend
four-to-six months
working with emergency management officials, local industry, and volunteers
to review and revise
procedures and to train responders.
Hundreds of accidental spills involving chemical or petroleum products occur
annually on our
roadways, waterways, and railways. How well is the Amarillo area prepared to
handle such a
disaster? Are the emergency teams prepared and trained to respond to these
hazardous incidents?
This program will help the community answer these questions.
"There is no doubt that the City of Amarillo and Potter and Randall Counties
have an effective plan
now. However, with constant changes in hazards, a community needs to examine
its plans and
procedures regularly. CHER-CAP (Comprehensive Hazmat Emergency
Response-Capability
Assessment Program) unites elements of the response community in this
effort," commented Gary
Jones, FEMA's Acting Regional Director.
Amarillo and Potter and Randall Counties were selected for this program
because of their interest in
constantly improving their response to hazardous materials, according to
Jones. "Hazardous
materials may require quick response from numerous local and state agencies
and departments. We
can learn from this experience before a real incident occurs," he commented.
"This program provides federal and state expertise to help review and revise
plans, procedures, and
training plus an exercise to test our emergency response. Everything is
tailored to our own
community needs," stated Walt Kelley, Emergency Management Coordinator for
the City of
Amarillo and Potter and Randall Counties.
=> Task Force Spearheads El Salvadoran Relief
By Spc. Jeremy Heckler, USA
Special to the American Forces Press Service
ILOPANGO AIR BASE, El Salvador, Jan. 25, 2001 -- Salvadoran
Army Sgt. Wilfredo Dulces Ramirez and Cpl. Aludes Ramirez
Dulces spent three days wondering whether their loved ones
in Comasagua were still alive. It was hard to concentrate
on their duties here, they said, when life hung in the
balance.
Roads leading into the village were covered in a landslide.
Relief efforts from Joint Task Force-Bravo at Soto Cano Air
Base, Honduras, led the way in helping the Salvadoran
soldiers find their way home when they entered Comasagua on
a supply mission.
The task force responded to relief and assessment requests
following an earthquake off the west coast of El Salvador,
some 65 miles southwest of San Miguel. The temblor
registered 7.6 on the Richter scale. Forty-six task force
members arrived Jan. 15 by helicopter, two CH-47 Chinooks
and three UH-60 Black Hawks.
"Our initial focus was to bring immediate assistance to the
citizens and provide a country team to assess the damage,"
said Col. Michael Wood, JTF-Bravo commander, who likened
the situation to a paramedic unit stabilizing the patient
before receiving long-term care. That support came in the
form of the aircraft and crews of 1st Battalion, 228th
Aviation Regiment.
"Our two Chinooks and three Black Hawks bring a heavy-lift
capability that no one else can," Wood said.
Pilots had to use all their skills to airlift supplies. In
Comasagua, the only "landing zone" available for CH-47
Chinook pilots was a dusty soccer field. As they approached
the field, the sky around them turned into a dark shade of
brown as dust whirled around the aircraft.
"In a lot of these fields, you have a dusty landing, and
once you hit 20 feet you lose all reference. You have to
depend on the people in the back to keep it level until you
find some rock on the ground to tell you how close you are
to landing," said Chief Warrant Officer John Hager, a pilot
with the battalion's Company B.
Unlike other brownout landings, he said, pilots couldn't
move ahead of the dust at Comasagua but had to come to a
dead stop and raise the nose of the aircraft to avoid
obstacles around the field, such as power lines, steep
hills and a goalpost.
The efforts of the Chinook and Black Hawk crews threw a
life preserver to the people of El Salvador. They delivered
157.8 tons of food, ferried 560 relief workers and
soldiers, and reunited families in the towns of Comasagua,
Talinque, San Vincente, Chiltiuapa, Tacuba and Tamanque.
"It was very comforting to see that we were helping these
people out in their time of need," said Sgt. Robert Harper,
a Company B flight engineer. He said the Salvadorans had no
hospitals or any way to get help. "They were really in a
critical state, and they needed to get aid quickly in the
first days following the earthquake."
After the initial relief efforts, JTF-Bravo assessment
teams arrived to determine the long-term needs of El
Salvador. Engineering teams, for instance, analyzed the
structural integrity of buildings throughout the country.
"Our engineering teams covered key parts of the country and
provided technical assistance, saving a lot time and
effort," Wood said.
"Our job was to identify the hardest hit areas," said Capt.
Jennifer Newhouse, JTF-Bravo engineering team chief. "We
found areas of the Pan American Highway and the cities of
Usulatan and Santa Tecla destroyed by landslides." She saw
firsthand many of the effects of the earthquake on the
people of El Salvador.
"Santa Tecla was the most unsettling to me. The town was
completely devastated by a landslide, and as I walked
through I saw people digging bodies out of the ground,"
Newhouse said.
In one area they assessed, engineering team members
inspected damage to buildings constructed by a New Horizons
mission to the country.
"In Chilaquera, we landed to inspect New Horizons projects
and found they had survived the earthquake rather well,"
Newhouse said. "As we walked through the town, villagers
came up to us and expressed their gratitude."
She added that groups of El Salvadorans in another area met
them at the landing site and walked with them to the city
and back -- a four-mile journey.
Another crew conducted an equally important task, ferrying
U.S. and Salvadoran geologists and scientists to the Santa
Ana volcano. The team evaluated the effects of the
earthquake on the simmering volcano in order to avert an
even greater tragedy. The aircrew descended to 2,000 feet
above the rim of the volcano, giving the geologists a
bird's-eye view. Afterward, the scientists decided the
volcano posed no imminent danger, as had been feared.
"I wasn't too worried about the volcano erupting, but I did
worry about those living around the volcano," said Chief
Warrant Officer Dat Nguyen, a Company A pilot.
A three-person medical team from the task force's medical
element arrived at Ilopango to assess the conditions of El
Salvador's hospitals.
A UH-60 Black Hawk from U.S. Army Air Ambulance Detachment
at Soto Cano flew an unscheduled evacuation mission from
Talinque after a supply drop. Advised that a Salvadoran
patient at a local clinic need a lift, a member of the
medical team examined her and diagnosed her condition as
appendicitis. The aircrew evacuated her to a military
hospital in San Salvador.
"I'm glad that we could be there, because right now most of
those people in the mountains don't have a way to let
people know they are hurt," said Sgt. John Collins, a
flight medic. "If we hadn't been there, she could have
died, because the facility lacked the equipment and the
specialist required to treat her."
The members of Joint Task Force-Bravo returned to Soto Cano
with smiles on their faces, knowing they had reunited
families and helped the citizens of El Salvador get back on
their feet.
(Army Spc. Jeremy Heckler is assigned to the Joint Task
Force-Bravo Public Affairs Office at Soto Cano Air Base,
Honduras.)
=> The U.S. Fire Administration has received notice of the following
firefighter fatality:
Name: James Henry "Big Jim" Haigler
Rank: Driver / Operator
Age: 44
Status: Career
Years of Service: 13
Date of Incident: 01/19/2001
Time of Incident: 1100hrs
Date of Death: 01/19/2001
Fire Department: Sanford Fire Department
Fire Department Address: PO Box 3729, Sanford, NC 27331-3729
Fire Department Phone: (919) 775-8310
Fire Department Chief: Wayne Barber
Cause of Death: After working a 24-hr shift, firefighter Haigler returned
home and within 4 hours
collapsed and died of an apparent heart attack.
Memorial Fund: Dustin Haigler Fund, c/o Angela Poole, VP, First Bank, 803
Spring Lane, Sanford,
NC 27330
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NASA Science News for January 25, 2001
The first global views of our planet's magnetosphere, captured by NASA's
IMAGE spacecraft,
reveal a curious plasma tail that stretches toward the Sun.
FULL STORY at
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2001/ast25jan_1.htm?list66492
SNOW COVER OVER THE MIDWEST, AND NORTHEAST STATES
Midwest/Northeast US
In this GOES-8 image, snow cover (indicated by the yellow arrows) is visible
over the Midwest and
Northeast states.
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Snow/US_Overview/SNWusOVW025_G8.jpg
FIRES IN AFRICA
Sudan, Central African Republic, Uganda, Ethiopia, and Congo
Heat signatures (red) and smoke (light blue are visible from fires burning
in Sudan, Central African
Republic, Uganda, Ethiopia, and Congo.
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Fires/Africa_E/FSMHSsudan025_N4.jpg
FIRES IN FLORIDA
Florida
In the NOAA-14 satellite image, heat signatures (red) and smoke (light blue)
are visible from fires
burning in Florida. A 1,000-acre wildfire (indicated by the yellow arrow)
exploded out of control
Wednesday night, racing through parched countryside to within yards of a
retirement community
south of Clermont where residents dodged floating embers and ash.
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Fires/US_Florida/FSMHSusFL025_N4.jpg
TROPICAL CYCLONE 06S (CHARLY)
South Indian Ocean
Tropical Cyclone 06S (Charly) was located south-southeast of the Mascarene
Islands in the Indian
Ocean near 24.6S and 59.1E at 06:00 UTC. Charly has been moving
southwestward at 13 knots
with maximum sustained winds estimated at
35 knots, gusts to 45 knots.
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Tropical/IndOcean/TRCcharly025_MT.jpg
FIRES IN FLORIDA
Southeast
Several heat signatures (red) and smoke (light blue) are visible from fires
burning in Mississippi,
Alabama, Georgia,and Florida.
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Fires/US_Southeast/FSMHSusSE025_N4.jpg
FIRES IN FLORIDA
Florida
In this GOES-8 satellite image, a heat signature (pink) and smoke
(indicated by the yellow arrow)
are visible from a 1,000-acre wildfire burning south of Clermont, FL. The
blaze exploded out of
control Wednesday night, racing through parched countryside to within yards
of a retirement
community south of Clermont where residents dodged floating embers and ash.
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Fires/US_Florida/FSMHSusFL025_G8.jpg
FIRES IN ARGENTINA
Argentina
Heat signatures (red) are visible from fires burning in Argentina.
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Fires/Argentina/FSMHSarg025_N4.jpg
January 26, 2001 ASCII text edition of the Morbidity and Mortality
Weekly Report is enclosed. View this week's MMWR as a web page at:
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr
and
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm5003.pdf
* Serosurveys for West Nile Virus Infection --- New York
and Connecticut Counties, 2000
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5003a1.htm
* Influenza Activity --- United States, 2000--01 Season
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5003a2.htm
* Circulation of a Type 2 Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus ---
Egypt, 1982--1993
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5003a3.htm
* Notifiable Diseases/Deaths in Selected Cities Weekly
Information
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